School of Social Work News

Janelle Goodwill (PhD student) interviewed with the University at Buffalo School of Social Work’s inSocialWork Podcast Series on her work with black men, media, and masculinity.

Brittany Schuler (postdoctoral fellow) and Associate Dean for Research and Professor Joe Himle received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for their study which contributes to a Culture of Health by enhancing our understanding of healthy-eating habits and healthy weight among children within low-resourced communities in the U.S.

Professor Karla Goldman was cited in the Michigan Today article, “Hillel at 90.” She also contributed her piece, “Looking a Little More Deeply into C.C. Little” to the LearnSpeakAct blog.

Clinical Assistant Professor Deb Mattison received a 2017 Demonstration Model Award from the Midwest Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research Center, a multi-institution coalition dedicated to incorporating interprofessional health practice with education in the Midwest region. She created the IPE Course Adapter Toolkit, a web-based resource that serves as a “one-stop shop” for instructors interested in converting their existing courses to interprofessional offerings.

Sara Stein (PhD student) and Associate Professor Andy Grogan-Kaylor’s article, “Profiles of Children's Thinking About Violence in Families Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence” was published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies.

LEO Lecturer Tony Alvarez was selected to give the Kurt Hahn Address at the 2017 Association for Experiential Education Conference this November in Montreal.

Professor William Elliott III and Assistant Professor Kristin Seefeldt received a grant from the John T. Gorman Foundation via the Alfond Scholarship Foundation to provide a systematic and objective evaluation of its Children's Savings Account CSAs program, called the Harold Alfond College Challenge ("HACC"). As the first CSA to shift to opt-out enrollment for a universal, statewide 529 college savings plan, this research will evaluate whether or not HACC is having a positive effect on children, families, and the communities.

Joyce Lee (PhD student) and Associate Professor Shawna Lee presented, "Child emotional insecurity mediates the longitudinal relations between intimate partner violence, destructive parental conflict, and children's behavior problems." at the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research National Conference.